title: My, what asthenia you have.
abstract: A 59-year-old woman noted intermittent ptosis, diplopia, dysphagia, and proximal muscle weakness for several years. She had a strong family history of myasthenia gravis. Chest computed tomography and sternotomy revealed a micronodular spindle cell thymoma. Electromyography and antibody testing was negative for myasthenia gravis. Genetic testing confirmed a diagnosis of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Gregory S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Kosmorsky
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Jason J S
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: Hannah R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Briemberg
mesh_terms: D001247:Asthenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D004172:Diplopia / Q000175:diagnosis; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000175:diagnosis; D039141:Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011859:Radiography; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery